striker plate

[drnittler]

On my 61 lark W model how do you replace the striker plate? Thanks

David G. Nittler

[JDP]

Take out the 3 screws, remove old plate, install new plate, reinstall screws, adjust.

JDP/Maryland
64 R2 GT cost to date
$60,222.25
63 GT Hawk
63 Lark 2 door
59 Scotsman
54 Starlight
52 Starliner
51 Commander
39 Coupe express
39 Coupe express (rod)

[studegary]

John/JDP's response assumes that you mean a door striker plate. If you mean something else, like a hood or trunk striker/latch plate, the answer is similar, but with a different number of screws. If you mean something entirely different, please clarify. I guess that I wrote this because it seems that a door striker plate removal would be so obvious that it wouldn't be asked here (but probably not a good assumption).

Gary L.
Wappinger, NY

SDC member since 1968
Studebaker enthusiast much longer

[drnittler]

Isn't there something behind the screws taht can drop somewhere?

David G. Nittler

[Skip Lackie]

Yes and no. There's a steel plate with threaded holes back there that's caged, so it won't fall down. It will move around a bit to allow adjustment of the door.

Skip Lackie
Washington DC

[drnittler]

What holds the threaded door parts to the car without dropping? A cage? Yes a door striker, It looked to me like whatever held the bold would fall out..

David G. Nittler

[Skip Lackie]

Maybe we're having a terminology problem. The striker is on the post, not the door. The caged plate allows it to be adjustable. The latch mechanism attached to the door is not adjustable.

Skip Lackie
Washington DC

[StudeRich]

David; the nutplate with the 3 threaded holes is floating in a "cage" welded to the inside of the door post, if it has broken loose and feels like it could fall...no problem, just leave one screw in loose while you screw in one of the ones you removed WITHOUT the striker to hold the nutplate up, until you remove & replace the striker using another hole in the nutplate to attach one screw in the new striker!

StudeRich
Studebakers Northwest
Ferndale, WA